Flutterby™! : May be a little late to pile on the

May be a little late to pile on the backlash against Miley Cyrus's attempt to appeal to a now post-tween fan base with sexual imagery in her performances, but... back in my day we didn't have these disgusting pop performers and their oversexualized imagery. For instance, let's go three decades back and look at Grace Jones and her 1981 song "Back Up To My Bumper": The early ྌs were the highlight of automobile culture in America (this was, after all, the era of the Chrysler "K" car) and this song was clearly about introducing teenagers to the challenges of driving. Lyrics like "Back up to my bumper, baby, and slip it in between" are the sort of instruction welcomed by any adolescent learning to park, and "Lubricate, lubricate, lubricate" is certainly good advice for anyone responsible for regular maintenance of a Volvo.

Next time we'll look at the exercise benefits of Elvis's pelvic thrusts, how Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is about Frank Baum's series of classic children's stories, and the Village People's "In The Navy" as a recruiting tool.